Railway-tie.



B. F. SIBER. RAILWAY TIE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT, 18 m2.

Patented Dec. 31. 1912.

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BARNHART F. SIBER, OF MASSILL'ON, OHIO.

RAILWAY-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec.31,1912

Application filed September 18, 1912. Serial No. 721,036.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BARNHART F. SIB'ER,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Massillon, in the county ofStark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in RailwayTies, of which the following is a specification.My invention relates to improvements in railway ties formed of metal inwhich railway bases are employed, which bases are connected together andit further consists in providing means for securing the railway railsupon the bases or supporting heads.

The objects of the present invention, are first, to form a railway tieof metal and of separate parts, second, to provide means for rigidlyconnecting the parts together, and third, to provide means for securelyholding the-railway rails. These objects, I attain by the constructionillustrated in the accompanying drawing, although my invention may beembodied in other mechanical forms without departing from the nature ofthe invention.

In the accompanying drawings-Figure 1 is a perspective view showingrailway rails properly connected to the tie. Fig. 2 is a Fig. 3 is a topview. Fig. 4 is a side elevation showing parts broken awayand.illustrating a railway rail holding device applied at a railway railjoint.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawing.

In the accompanying drawing, 1 represents the railway rail bases orsupports which are formed hollow but of sufficient size to properlysupport the railway rails and provide suitable foundations for theproper supporting of the railway rails upon the road bed. The outer andupper vertical portions of the railway supporting heads are providedwith notches 2, which notches are for the purpose of receiving the outerbase flanges of the railway rails at. For the purpose of providingsuitable drainage the bases 1 are provided with suitable openings 5,which may be arranged as shown or they may be differentlyarranged.

For the purpose of providing sufiicieut supports for the railway rails 4the bases are provided with thecross bars or supports 6, which arearranged so as to come directly under the railway rails 4, as bestillustrated in Figs 2 and 4. These supports 6 are preferably formedintegral with the verticalwalls of the bases 1, but they may be madeseparate and attached in any convenient and well known manner. The bases1 are provided with the parallel flanges 7, which flanges are spacedfrom each other for the purpose of permitting the tie-bar 8 to belocated between said parallel flanges 7, which tie-bar is also locatedin the vertical slots or openings 9 formed in the inner end Walls of thebases 1.

The tie-bar 8 is provided at its ends with the heads 10, which heads areso formed that their inner faces will lie in close proximity with theinner faces of the inner end walls of the bases 1 below the o'peningsD.V

For the purpose of assisting in'holding the tie bar 8 in rigid conditionwith reference to the bases 1, the inner walls of said bases areprovided with the flanges 10*, which flanges are spaced from each otherand are for the purpose of providing a greater surface of metal on whichthetiebar 8 may come in contact. The tie-bar 8 is securely connected tothe bases 1 by means of'the cross-pins or bolts 11, which pins orcrossbolts are held by means of the keys 12 or their equivalents. Thepurpose of pro viding the flanges 10 and seating the faces of thetie-bar against the faces of the flanges is to assist in removing thelateral strain of the heads 1 with reference to the tie bar 8 or inother words removing from the parallel flanges 7 a portion of thelateral strain or thrust.

For the purpose of securing the railway rails 4 upon the bases 1, thedogs 13 are provided, which dogs are so formed that their top or upperhooked ends will come over and upon the inner flanges of the railwayrails 4; and for the purpose of holding the dogs in fixed positions theclamping bolts 14. are provided, which clamping bolts pass through therailway supports 6.

It is well understood that in railway constructions, rail fasteningmeans must be employed to properly connect the rails to the ties wherethe railway rails are joined together and when it is desired to employthe railway fastening means at the joints the dogs 13 are formed asshown in cross section, Fig. 4. For the purpose of providing means forpreventing the bolts 14 from to tating during the time the nuts 15 arebethat there is a single pivotal point as be ing tightened so as to bindthe dogs 13 upon the base flanges of the railway rails 4, said dogs areprovided with the i,bs 16, said ribs being so located as to prevent" therotation of the heads 17 formed upon the bolts 14:.

For the purpos'eiof preventing the slip- I I ping of the bases 1 uponthe road bed, said bases are provided with the cross ribs 18 and thelongitudinal ribs 19 in some instances,

especially'at the curved portions of a railway track where it is desiredto brace the rails, an outer brace clamp 20 should be employed, and islocated substantiallywas illus .15 trated at the left, hand end of Fig.1, the

2 bolts, thereby allowing the clamping dogs to shift as to theirangularity with reference to the clamping bolts. 7

' It will be understood owing to the fact "tween each base or supportland the tie [bans there can be a slight vertical moveament :of-eachbase independentof each other and. independent of the'tie bar, therebyproducingia certain yielding connection as between" the 'p arallelrailway rails 4.

' I Ilavingfullydescribed my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a metallic railway tie comprising in combination rail supportingbases, said bases provided with notches adapted to receive the outerbase flanges of the railway rails, rail supporting bars located belowthe railway rails, rail holding dogs adapted to clamp the'railwa-y railflanges, clamping bolts located through the railsupporting bars and theclamping dogs, said clamping dogs provided with apertures formed ofdiameters greater than the'diameters of the clamping bolts and a tie baradapted to connect the bases together, substantially as and for thepurpose specified.

,2; In a railway tie, the combination of railway supporting basesprovided with notches adapted to receive the outer flanges of therailway rails, railway supporting bars connected to said bases, flangesextended from the inner ends of the rail supporting bases, a tie barprovided with heads at its inner ends and spaced flanges located uponthe inner end walls of the railwav base, railway rail clamping dogs, andmeans for clamping the dogs upon the flanges of the railway rails,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

v BARNHABT F. SIBER. Witnesses:

JOHN H. BISHOP, F; W.'BOND.

